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July 12, 2008
Political Correctness Once Again Shows Its Stupid Head
Air traffic controller ad - in Braille
An airport has been accused of political correctness after advertising for a new air traffic controller in Braille.Although '20/20 vision' is a requirement of the position at St Mary's airport on the Isles of Scilly, the application form is offered in both Braille and audio format.
But the operators of the airport say they are merely adhering to equal opportunity guidelines to avoid accusations of discrimination, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Posted by Wild Thing at July 12, 2008 03:44 AM
Comments
If the pilot and co-pilot board with a seeing eye dog, I'm off the plane - pronto!!!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at July 12, 2008 06:11 AM
Oh yeah let's fly with blind air traffic controllers in charge-- LMFAO!!! How totally ignorant is America becoming-?? Why not just out source the air traffic controllers jobs to somebody in Maylasia - that can't see the flight pattern at all- same thing!! Next they will tell us that the blind ones do a better job than the sighted ones do --- LOL America!!!!!!
Posted by: Cheryl Zee at July 12, 2008 12:16 PM
Aircraft control computers in braille? Visions of Airplane! the movie come to mind and it's not pretty! This job has bona fide qualifications to meet, so if you're blind or have some other handicap that excludes you from the job, you can't have the job. It's not meant to be discriminatory, but to protect the employer. If something bad happens, it all comes back to the employer. Who protects them?
What will it be next? When does this stop?
There are jobs I can't take, too, due to different circumstances. But I don't call it discrimination.
Posted by: Lynn at July 12, 2008 12:58 PM
Darth, LOL me too.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 12, 2008 07:29 PM
Cheryl, hahahahahahahaa
ROTFL that is funny..... yes just outsoucre them to Maylasia.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 12, 2008 07:31 PM
Lynn, yes it reminds me of that movie too. hahaaha
I agree, never in my life has the word discrimination come into my mind when I thought of differnt jobs I would be interested in doing. I knew there were many of them I had to just forget about that I knew I was not qualified to do.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 12, 2008 07:37 PM
"Sorry Frau Vader but no Vasectomy this morning for the surgeon looked like Ray Charles and a specialized dog was his OR nurse? Want some Special Olympic tickets to the javelin and hammer throw? It's tough on the FANS! Enough of the PC bull sh*t!!"
Posted by: The Ethics Cleanser 08 at July 13, 2008 04:20 AM
The Ethics Cleanser 08, I agree, it really has gone into insanity.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 13, 2008 05:38 AM
